National Peace Study Project Aims to Educate Canada on Peace
A national peace study effort announced by J. E. MacPherson and Hon. Ernest Lapointe seeks to reach every Canadian through radio, press, and group study. Eleven Sunday broadcasts will present topics from Canadian responsibilities to disarmament with notable speakers including Sir Robert Borden, Irene Parlby, and Brooke Claxton.
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Canada
J. E. MacPherson
Association of Canadian Clubs
Ernest Lapointe
League of Nations Society
Robert Borden
Mr. Lapointe
George A. Drew
Toronto
League of Nations’ Society
R. C. Wallace
University of Alberta
H. F. Munro
Nova Scotia
Assembly of the League of Nations
Irene Parlby
Alberta
H. P. Plumptre
Toronto Board of Education
John W. Dafoe
Winnipeg Free Press
Manchuria
R. J. Manion
League of Nations
J. M. MacDonnell
Toronto Board of Trade
T. W. L. MacDermot
Brooke Claxton
Montreal
Study of Politics Deserves Respect, Says Lapointe
Former justice minister Ernest Lapointe told the Women's Canadian club in Quebec that studying politics is not degrading. He argued politics rests on human nature and urged all with the nation's interests at heart to study politics.
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Ernest Lapointe
Justice
Women’s Canadian Club
Quebec
Lapointe
Noted Architect Sir Frank Baines Dies at 66
England mourns architect Sir Frank Baines who died aged sixty six after a career shaping royal palaces and major projects. He advised Turkey’s Mustapha Kemal on Istanbul rebuilding and designed numerous building types, including London’s Olympia hall project begun in 1929 at a cost of 2 million pounds.
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Frank Baines
England
Turkey
Mustapha Kema
Istabul
Baines
Royal Palaces
Olympia
London
Exquisite French Nightie Ensemble Shel blush Satin
Pattern description for a French nightie and matching jacket in satin and lace. Includes design notes, shoulder flares, slimming seaming, sash tie, and sizing from 16 to 42 bust. Pattern No. 357 with yardage specifications and a 20 cent price.
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Iit
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Pattern No
Winnipeg pattern orders info lists an address at 175 McDermot Ave. The source provides pattern numbers and names for ordering through the Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
De Valera Fights Will Contest in Polly Fitzpatrick Estate
The Irish Free State president De Valera won a case over the will of Miss Polly Fitzpatrick a 72 year old Brighton woman found dead in July 1932. The estate valued at just over 15000 was left to De Valera with contested claims alleging mental weakness and recluse life by Joan Fitzpatrick of Dublin.
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Famon de Valera
Ireland
Mr. de Valera
de Valera
Had Fairly Good Luck W L Clark on Saskatoon Farm
The Border Cities Star recounts how a Saskatoon area homesteader who moved to Los Angeles after years of farming faced a total crop failure. Grasshoppers and drought ruined the crop, leaving him without crop money this winter though previous years yielded returns via crop sharing and insurance.
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W. L. Clark
Border Cities Star
Canada
Los Angeles
Saskatoon
California
Prairies
Got Their Man In Canada Nab Slatkinoff in Philadelphia
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police tracked Israel Slatkinoff for six years to Philadelphia and returned him to Montreal to face narcotic drug possession charges. He pleaded guilty. Slatkinoff had jumped bail in 1927 posting $11 500 which was forfeited to the crown.
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Israel Slatkinoff
Philadelphia
Montreal
Slatkinoff
Proposal For Arctic National Park To Protect Game Resources
Winnipeg reports urge provincial backing for an Arctic park to safeguard musk ox populations along a Churchill River strip. Dr. A. D. Bajkov proposes transplants, stressing urgency as musk ox numbers decline in Manitoba and Arctic interest grows among Canada and the United States.
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Winnipeg
A. D. Bajkov
Biological Board of Canada
Bajkov
Churchill River
Alaska
Greenland
Manitoba
Canada
United States
Churchill
Wainwright Park
David T. Harbury
Thelon River
J. W. Tyrrell
D.L.S
Thelen
Drying and baling sheep pelts for shipment
The bulletin advises spreading pelts wool side down to remove wrinkles, salting with about a pound and a half per pelt, allowing time for salt to melt and soak, then drying. Pelts can be stretched to speed drying, and when dry they are baled in lots of 15 to 26 for safe shipment.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Actress Cultivates Farm Hobby Amid Hollywood Interest
A Hollywood film actress shows strong interest in a farm she is cultivating as many stars indulge in husbandry. Nearly 1,700,000 foreign tourists visited Italy in the first eight months of 1933.
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Italy
History in Dots and Dashes Chronicle Telegraph Era
The piece notes early telegraph milestones and figures from PF. Fk. Davey in the Canadian National Railways Magazine. It cites events like the Duke of Wellington’s funeral and Napoleon III’s London visit, Florence Nightingale’s Crimean hospital, the Great Eastern cable, London trams, 1847 Christmas telegrams, and the Canadian Telegraph Company’s vast message counts.
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PF. Fk. Davey
Canadian National Railways
Flony
Duke of Wellington
Napoleon III
Empress Eugenie
London
Red Cross
Fllorene Nightingale
Great Eastern
Toronto
Mentro
Davey
Pioneer
Canadian National T
T Wittin
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Arthur Currie
N. UV
Sir Frank Baines
Ruth Rogers
For Benefit of Ireland
Arctic National Park
St. John's
Newfoundland
St. John’s
Newfoundland Museum
Department of Justice
Hamilton
Guildhall
Ontario
Dagenham
Banoquet Hall
Telegraph
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